Swedish death metal outfit Gutter Instinct released their caustic, flesh-ripping debut full-length album, Age Of The Fanatics, to unsuspecting audiences worldwide on May 27th via Prosthetic Records. In the new video below, the band talk about their influences, early beginnings and their new album:

The album develops a further blackened edge to their already haunting death metal - as heard on their debut EP The Insurrection - by forging their way through the influential mire of death metal innovators including Teitanblood, Bölzer, Grave Miasma, Black Witchery and Portal whilst still reeking of their classic buzzsaw Swedish sound.

Age Of The Fanatics is a study in cynical nihilism that lashes out against organized religion, corporate greed and political corruption leading to a hopeless state of depression and alienation, while closing the circle with a desire for isolation and total death worship, welcoming the apocalypse. In perfect correlation with Gutter Instinct's depraved musical theme, renowned artist Dávid Glomba, aka Teitan Arts (Cult Of Fire, Svartidauði, Inferno) aligned his harrowing aesthetic creating the artistic concept for the entire layout utilizing several large-scale illustrations.

Age Of The Fanatics is available in a limited edition format with a total first pressing of 1,000 copies on CD and 300 copies on vinyl, including a four-page foldout featuring the detailed artwork. Order directly via the Prosthetic Records web shop at this location.

Tracklisting:

“Leper Beholder”
“Age Of The Fanatics”
“Bloodstorms”
“No Place For The Cross”
“Bridge Of Broken Bones”
“An Ending In Fire”
“Death Cult”
“Counter-Culture”
“Faith Junkies”
“Exile”

“Counter-Culture”:

“Age Of The Fanatics”:

Formed in 2012 in Helsingborg, Sweden, Gutter Instinct have received wide underground acclaim supported by punishing live appearances across Scandinavia with the likes of Sadism, Chronus and Oberion to name a few.

Gutter Instinct is:

Thomas Ernemyr - vocals
Oscar Persson - guitar
Hannes Hellman - guitar
Simon Iskakssn - bass
Ola Håkansson - drums

(Photo - Zua-Mihn)